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Is it a village or a town I wonder?

Longridge was once a village centred on stone quarries and cotton mills. But that was long ago, there has been steady development in the last 50 years, until it is now a dormitory town of Preston.

The population in...


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Slow walking in Uldale.

  Driving up the M6 from Preston is always busy and often an accident blackspot, but suddenly, after junction 36, the road empties and all is peaceful with fewer lorries. I’m heading for junction 37, the one wit...


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  My walking year wasn’t meant to start like this.

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  I had a busy and costly day yesterday. 

  A dental appointment in the morning – check-up and a difficult molar filli...


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I have been keeping a diary of sorts from my walks and climbs since my late teens. I now have 10 volumes spanning all those years. Only brief entries are needed to bring each day back to life. Companions, route, weather, and incidents all paint a vivid picture in ...


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A GRAND DAY OUT.

The Harris Museum, Preston.

  I’ve just spent the last couple of hours re-watching Nick Park’s early Wallace and Gromit films on iPlayer.  (A Grand Day Out, 1989; The Wrong Trousers, 1993; A Close Shave, 1995; A Matter of Loaf and...


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